Mr. Gurdjieff & Art as Sacred Duty
Mr. Gurdjieff believed in objective art, works that transmit truths regardless of time, place, or language. Magic can do this. Not always, but sometimes.
When performed with consciousness, a simple vanish becomes a metaphor for impermanence. A torn-and-restored card becomes resurrection. A prediction becomes prophecy.
The magician, when aligned with the Fourth Way, can make sacred objects out of sponge balls. His tools are mundane; his effect, eternal.
REMARKABLE MAGIC 